At times, some of us aren’t big jewelry wearers, and that’s ok. Heavy earrings feel uncomfortable or we’ve let the pierced holes grow in.  Necklaces just make us feel as if we’re wearing too much jewelry. Rings might be inconvenient if you do a certain type of work such as working with machinery.   Sometimes it’s just a mood and you’d rather not wear a lot of jewelry for no reason other than you just don’t want to fuss with it.

A nice bracelet, however, is usually the one piece of jewelry that many of us can and will tolerate during these anti-jewelry moods. One nice bracelet can be thrown on at the last minute to jazz up an outfit and make it look as if you took time to coordinate.  Thankfully, bracelets come in various shapes and forms, and the selection of artisan, handcrafted bracelets is astounding.
    
The basic types of bracelets are the charm, cuff, bangle, stretch, and chain bracelets. It’s nice to collect at least one of each to compliment different types of outfits.  Bracelets can go plain or feature several types of gemstones. 
  
Charm bracelets have been around for hundreds of years. During World War II, soldiers would collect and send home charms from cities and countries they visited during the war.  

One or more bangle bracelets can be worn up the arm with sleeveless styles.  This Sterling Silver Bracelet features a very strong rainbow sky blue fire high-grade authentic moonstone.  (Item # AJB200371).  Pair it with a simple silver bangle bracelet or two for an eye-catching look.

Cuff bracelets are another type that looks great with sleeveless styles.  Usually only one cuff bracelet should be worn at a time.  Too many would look cluttered.  This sterling silver cuff bracelet features a high-grade authentic pink opalite cabochon and is a very strong, focal piece.  (Item # AJB200351).

Chain bracelets are often the most attention getting and catch the most compliments.    There are hundreds of ways gemstones can be featured in chain bracelets.  This sterling silver bracelet features a stunning combination of two high-grade authentic autumn jasper, a high-grade authentic moss agate, a high-grade authentic breciated jasper, four high-grade authentic jasper and a high-grade authentic unakite cabochon.  (Item # AJB200347). 

On the other hand, a bracelet can feature one type of gemstone echoed several times over.  This sterling silver bracelet,  which features seven top-grade authentic Baltic amber gemstones,  is one example.  (Item #AJB200344)

By Julie